Asus WL-500GP manual

User Manual WL-500gP Wireless Router E2459/ March 2006 ®[...]

Manufacturer Contact Information ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Company address: 15 Li-T e Road, Beitou, T aipei 1 1259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Web site address: www .asus.com.tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: info@asus.com.tw ASUS COMPUTER INTERNA TIONAL (America) Company address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 9453[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 1 T able of contents 1. Package contents ................................................................................. 3 2. Connecting ADSL modem and wireless router ................................. 3 1) Cable connection ............................................................................... 3 2) St[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 2 7. T roubleshooting ................................................................................. 37 8. Appendix ............................................................................................. 39[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 3 2. C on ne c ti ng AD SL mod em an d wi re l es s ro ut e r 1. Package contents • WL-500gP wireless router x 1 • Power adapter x 1 • Utility CD x 1 • RJ45 cable x 1 • Quick Start Guide x 1 1) Cable connection 1 Modem Wall telephone outlet Wall power outlet Phone Power 2 Wall power outlet ASUS Wireles[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 4 2) Status indicators PWR (Power) Off No power On System ready Flashing-slow Firmware upgrade failed Flashing-quick EZsetup processing AIR (Wireless Network) Off No power On Wireless system ready Flashing Transmitting or receiving data (wireless) W AN (Wide Area Network) Off No power or no physical connection O[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 5 The ASUS WL-500gP Wireless Router can meet various working scenarios with proper co n fig u ra t io n . The de f au l t set t in g s of th e wi re l es s ro u te r ma y ne ed ch a ng e so as to mee t you r in d i vi d u a l n e e ds . T h e re f o r e, b e fo r e us i n g t h e AS US W i re l e s s R o ut e r[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 6 T o set up the connection with a manually assigned IP address, the address of your PC and the wireless router must be within the same subnet: • I P a d d r e s s : 1 9 2 . 1 6 8 . 1 . x x x ( x x x c a n b e a n y number between 2 and 254. Make sure the IP address is not used by other device) • Subnet Mask[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 7 1 . Select your time zone and click Next . 5) Quick setup T o start quick setup, click Next to enter the “Quick Setup” page. Follow the instructions to setup the ASUS Wireless Router . 2 . ASUS wireless router supports fi v e t y p e s of I S P se r v i c e s: c a b l e , PPPoE, PPTP , static WAN IP , and [...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 8 PPTP user If yo u ar e us i n g P P TP se r v ic e s , s e l ec t AD S L connection that requires username, password and IP address. F i l l i n t h e username, password and IP address provided by your ISP into the fields. C l ic k Next to continue. Static IP user If you are using ADSL or other conne ctio n ty[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 9 4. I n pu t fou r set s of WE P key s in th e WE P Key fields (10 hexadecimal digits for WEP 64bits, 26 hexadecimal digits for WEP 128b it s). Y ou can als o let the system generate the keys by inputti ng a Pass phr as e. Rec or d the Pass phr as e and the WEP keys in your notebook, th e n c l i c k F inis h .[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 10 3) Set the authentication and encryption of your WLAN card the same with those at WL -5 00 gP . In the prev io us step s the Key Length is 64 bits , Passphrase is 1 1 1 1 1 Cl i c k N e x t t o co n t i nu e . 1) Select Connect to an existing wireless LAN (Station) r a d i o b u t t o n a n d c l i c k Next t[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 1 1 7. Configuring advanced features T o view and adjust other settings of the wireless router , enter the Web configuration page of WL-500gP . Click on items on the menu to open a submenu and follow the instructions to setup the router . Tips show up when you move your cursor over each item. Configuring WLAN[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 12 4. Wireless router features This chapter provides setup examples of some frequentlly used router features. Y ou can setup these features via your Web browser . 1) Choosing an appropriate operation mode ASU S WL-500 gP Wirele ss Rout er supp or ts three ope rat ion modes: home gateway , router , and access poi[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 13 2) Setting up wireless encryption WL-500gP provides a set of encryption and authentication methods to meet the different demands of home, SOHO, a n d e n t e r p r i s e u s e r s . B e f o r e s e t t i n g u p e n c r y p t i o n a n d authentication for WL-500gP , contact your network administrator for adv[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 14 2. Select Yes to enable virtual server . For example, if host 192. 168. 1.10 0 i s FT P ser ver which is to be accessed by Internet user , it means all packets from Internet with destination port as 21 are to be directed to the host. Set Well-known Application to FTP . Port range to 21, Local IP to the host I[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 15 1. Click Virtual DMZ in the NA T Setting menu. 2. Enter the IP address of the host and click Finish . 3. C l i c k Save & Restart t o restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 5) Setting up DDNS DNS enables host who uses static IP address to associate with a domain name; for dynamic IP user ,[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 16 3. A f t e r c l i c k i n g F r e e T r i a l , you are directed to the ho me pa ge o f w ww .Dyn DN S. org , where you can re gi st er and a pp ly f or D DN S se rvi ce . Read the policy and select " I have read... ". 4 . Enter your user name, e-mail address, password, then click Create Account . [...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 17 9. A f t e r l o g g i n g i n , y o u c a n see thi s w elc ome me ssag e. 10. Select Services tab. 1 1. Cli ck Add Dynamic DNS Host . 12. Enter the host name then click Add Host . 13. Y ou can see this message when your hostname is successfully created.[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 18 14. Fill the account information into the DDNS setting fields of your wireless router . 15. Click Finish . 16. C l i c k Save & Restart t o restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 17. V erify whether DDNS is working. Click Start menu and select Run.... Ty p e c m d a n d c l i c k O K t o [...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 19 6) Setting up Bandwidth Management Bandwidth Management provides a mechanism to setup download and upload bandwidth based on IP address and port range. Y ou can define the minimum bandwidth and maximum bandwidth for host within your LAN, and therefore control the traffic of you network. T o set up upload ban[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 20 4). T o s e t u p d o w n l o a d bandwidth policy for the all hosts in your LAN, leave th e IP a d d r e ss a n d p o r t f i e l d s blank, define the speeds (the speeds are higher than download policies). Click Add to add the rule. 4. Upload stream If you want to set up upload traffic control policy , for[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 21 ASUS WL-500gP Wireless Router provides two USB2.0 ports for connecting USB storage, USB camera, and USB printer , therefore, you can monitor the working envi ron ment , sh are dat a an d pr int er w ith both wir ed a nd w ire less use rs i n yo ur network. Furthermore, WL-500gP provides a download utility - D[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 22 2. C l i c k Add t o a d d a s h a r e folder . 3. Select the folder you want to share from Folder Manager and click Ok . T o create a share folder, input the folder name in A d d F o l d e r f i e l d and press Add . 4. Define the access right for the share folder by appoint User Name a n d Access Right . C[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 23 2) Setting up FTP site WL -5 00 gP ca n al s o se rv e as an FT P sit e. Y ou can mak e you r FT P sit e ac ce ss i bl e by al l use r s, or set up acc es s poli cy to re st ri ct ano ny mo us log in . T o us e thi s feat ur e , you ne ed to pl ug a USB sto ra ge dis k to the USB 2. 0 port on th e re ar pan e[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 24 1. Click Basic Config page in USB Application folder . 2. S e t E n a b l e D o w n l o a d M a s t e r t o Ye s . I f y o u w a n t t o s h a r e t h e downloaded file with your LAN u s e r s , s e t E n a b l e D o w n l o a d Share t o Ye s . C l i c k Finish a n d save and restart the wireless router . 3[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 25 I f y o u s e l e c t Download using A S U S D o w n l o a d , y o u c a n s e e the download task is added to t h e T ransfer list. The blue bars indicate the progress of download tasks. If you copy the download address, click Assign button in the utility . Paste the address into Getting File From box, selec[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 26 Web Camera Mode - Se le ct t he appropriate camera mode from th e dr op d o wn l is t. Ac t iv eX O nl y enables user to execute ActiveX clients on an Windows ® I E pl at f or m an d g et t he b e st i ma g e quality . ActiveX and Refresh enables user to get a basic image on both IE and other browsers. Refre[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 27 1. Enable Security Mode? -S el ec t Y es to enable security function on the data and time you set below . Date to Enable Security Mode - This field defines the date that Security Mode is enabled. Time to Enable Security Mode - This field defines the time interval that Security Mode is enabled. Send to - Inp[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 28 Remote Site 1-6 - T h i s f i e l d s t a n d s f o r t h e I P a d d r e s s a n d port number of Remote Site. T h e v a l u e o f t h i s f i e l d i s [ I P Address]:[Connection Port]. Preview - Click Preview to see th e v i e w o f al l t h e We b C a me r a sites you set in Remote Site. 5) Sharing USB pr[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 29 5. Input the IP address of WL-500gP in the Printer Name of IP Address field and click Next . 6. Select Custom and click Settings... 7. S e t Protocol t o LPR a n d t y p e LPRServer i n Queue Nam e field. Cli ck Next to continue. 8. Pr ess Next to f ini sh st and ard TCP /IP port setting. 3. Select Create a[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 30 9. Press Finish to complete the settings and return to Add Printer Wizard. 10 . Install printer driver from the vendor- model list. If your printer is not in the list, click Have Disk to manua lly assign the location of driver . 1 1. Cli ck Next to accpt the default name for the printer . 12. Se le ct Yes to [...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 31 6) Playing stream media on Xbox360 If you have a set of Xbox360, you can connect it to WL-500gP and play the media files stored in the hard disk on your television! T o use this function, make sure you have installed a wireless card on your Xbox360 and enabled Media Server function on your WL-500gP . Enable [...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 32 5. Se le ct Y es, continue when prmopted to install Window Media Connect on your PC. 6. Xbox360 automatically searches and find the WL-500gP . Select WL-500gP to establish wireless connection. 3. T o play music from the USB hard disk, select Media page -> Music . 4. Select Computer .[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 33 7. Select Music folder in the hard disk and browse through the music list. Select the music you want to play . 8 . T o disconnect from WL-500gP , enter System page and select Computers . 9. Select Windows-based P C .The screen displays the currently connected PC. 10. Select Disconnect .[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 34 1) Utility Installation for WL-500gP 1. C l i c k I n s t a l l A S U S W i r e l e s s R o u t e r Utilities t o r u n t h e s e t u p i n s t a l l a t i o n program. 2. Click Next to continue. 3. C l i c k Next t o i n s t a l l t h e u t i l i t y i n t h e desi gna ted lo cat ion . 4. Selec t a pr ogra m[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 35 Wireless settin gs, including netw ork name and network ke ys, are generated aut omatically . Y ou can modify these settings manually . Note if your wireless router is configured before, select Preserve original wireless router settings to use the current value. Click Next to continue. Click the EZSetup butt[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 36 If you need to configure the ISP settings for your wireless router , select Configure ISP settings , click Next and follow the instructions to complete the settings. Setup is complet e, press Print/S ave Wireles s LAN Settings button for future reference. Click Finish to exit the EZSetup utility . 4 5[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 37 7. T roubleshooting C an no t a cc es s t o w eb b r o ws er f o r r ou t e r co nfi g u r a ti on 1. Open a web browser and open "Internet Options" dialog box. 2. Click on "Delete Cookies" and "Delete Files". Cannot Establish Connection via Wireless Out of Range: • Put the ro[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 38 Internet is not accessible • Check the lights on ADSL modem and the Wireless Router • Check whether the "W AN" LED on the Wireless Router is ON. If the LED is not ON, change the cable and try again. Wh en AD S L Mo de m " L in k " l ig ht is ON (n o t b li nk i ng ) , t hi s m e an s I[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 39 8. Appendix FCC W arning Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interferenc e received, including interference that may cause undesired operation[...]

WL-500gP Wireless Router User Manual 40 Protection requirements for health and safety – Article 3.1a T esting for electric safety according to EN 60950-1 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. Protection requirements for electromagnetic compatibility – Article 3.1b T esting for electromagnetic compatibility according[...]